Olawale Lawal, Ramathasan Thevamaran, Edwin Thomas and Sadegh Yazdi, Rice University (IMAGE)

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Olawale Lawal, Ramathasan Thevamaran, Edwin Thomas and Sadegh Yazdi, Rice University

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Rice University researchers (from left) Olawale Lawal, Ramathasan Thevamaran, Edwin Thomas and Sadegh Yazdi hold clay models of deformed cubes that represent the results of their microscale experiments. The researchers smashed silver microcubes at near supersonic speeds to see how deforming their crystalline structures could make them stronger and tougher.

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